Arthritis and arthralgia three years after Sindbis virus infection: Clinical follow-up of a cohort of 49 patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Kurkela, Satu ^a,b   Helve, Tapani ^b   Vaheri, Antti ^a,b   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 38149091854     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701586996     Document Type: Article

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